Xucaen wrote:
>
> Hi all...
> I have 2 questions regarding ttyS0.
> First: I want my user name to have access to
> ttyS0. where can I find info on how to do this
> (i.e. which HOWTO if any)
Add yourself to the diagout group, as you can see //dev/ttyS* belongs
to this group.
>
> Second: I load minicom and sometimes the ALT keys
> don't work (I haven't figured out why yet). when
> they don't work, the only way I can exit is to
> close xterm (or eterm, whichever I am using at
> the time) but when I do this, ttyS0 remains
> locked and I don't know how to unlock it. How do
> I unlock ttyS0?
First you must check that minicom has died, take a look whit "ps x", if
not kill it. Then if the /dev/ttyS0 keeps locked you can delete
"/var/lockLCK..ttyS0"
>
> thanks!!
>
> xucaen
I hope it helps you
Angel
